2015-05-09
【Aiden in English】
On the day before Mother’s Day, mom and I did the only thing a normal mother and son would do on an early morning before Mother’s Day. Even though it’s before Mother’s Day, I’d rather celebrate it now than on Chinese School Sunday, and lucky me, Montgomery Elementary School’s Flapjack Fundraiser was going on, so we were totally down for it.
The Flapjack Fundraiser was at Applebee’s, and I’m pretty sure it was another name for “Cheap Mother’s Day Breakfast”. It wasn’t 5-star quality, but there was still a tint of uniqueness to the morning. It was a simple pancake and sausage, American breakfast. Only notable difference was not in the food, nor the restaurant or customers or weather (there’s always that slim chance of hurricanes/tornadoes). The waiters were kids. Kids from my school, in my grade to be exact, some even my buds. It’s not every day that you get to see a 6th grader asking you for drinks or choices. Sure, they were nervous, and a bit inexperienced. But still, it was cool, and although I was wary whenever a waiter is holding a murdering stick- I mean knife, walked by. You never can be too cautious with a 6th grader holding a five inched blade of death. The atmosphere was exceptional well, for many families came to dine. I’m guessing everyone was thrilled with the idea of no home cooking on a Saturday, and the smacking of lips and hitting of utensils all too loud. There were conversations flying around like a normal meal in Applebee’s. There were also regular customers in another area, eating their own food.
The food was good, the same comment I give to all the American breakfast restaurants I go to. Food is food, you know. It’s what powers you through the day. For a Mother’s Day breakfast, I think mom appreciated the waiting process far more than the eating process. You can tell that right of the balk with the number of pictures she’s taken combined with the fact that my friend Kyle, a volunteer, needed to waste two out of three perfectly fine pancakes. But, to be honest, I don’t think mom deserved any better. Heck, she only gave me like a dollar every two months. Is a monthly allowance illegal or something? The food wasn’t the highlight, but I enjoyed the experience, and that can worth millions of pancakes and sausages.
Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate all moms, even if they are greedy with their money. So enjoy this day, moms enjoy the pancakes, waffles, egg rolls, bagels, or whatever your child made and poisoned for you because this is your death day. For every kid, you raised us from whining babies to swearing teens to crippled, wrinkled old people. You were the leader, the goal for kids, so thank you. Some children may not know this now, which caused a lot more suffering and annoyance than you think.
Happy Mother’s Day!
【紅霞譯文】
母親節前一天，我和媽媽共進早餐，這是母親節早上母子常做的一件事情。還好發生在母親節前一天，否則要在當天我還得趕去中文學校上學。湊巧的是，時下正值蒙哥馬利小學舉行烙餅籌款活動，我倆義無反顧地前去助興。
本次“烙餅籌款”在“蘋果蜂”餐廳舉行，可以稱之為“廉價母親節早餐”的代名詞，儘管談不上什麼五星級優質服務，但它卻略具特色。“烙餅籌款”提供煎餅和香腸，算得上典型的美式早點。惹人注目的不是食物本身餐館名稱，更與顧客或者天氣（永遠無法排除颶風/龍捲風的可能性）無關，而是所有的服務生均為年方少年並來自本校，準確地說，全部由我們初中一年級同學組成，其中包括本人的狐朋狗友，每天由初中一年級學生伺候你喝的吃的實屬罕見，因此這些人難免緊張兮兮，畢竟缺乏實踐經驗，但總體上感覺很酷，不過我對他們手持兇器仍然心有餘悸，真受不了刀子在眼前晃來晃去，你哪肯對頑童手上置人於死地的玩意掉以輕心。早餐愜意氛圍溫馨，前來就餐的家庭甚感愉悅，我琢磨着他們保不齊更為周六免做早餐不再與子女白費口舌遭受叮咣敲打餐具煎熬而倍感欣慰，大家心平氣和暢所欲言，與其他顧客共賞時光。
吃的不錯，無論走到哪兒享用美式早餐我都會這麼評價，糧食畢竟是物質基礎，能助長精神昂揚鬥志。對於母親節早餐，媽媽享受等候過程遠大於吃飯本身，從其拍照數量和義工哥們凱爾從她跟前端回三個噴香煎餅中剩餘的兩個足以證實我所說的話千真萬確，要知道她每兩個月才給我一美刀零花錢，這麼摳門該不合法吧？當然吃啥多少算不了什麼，縱使數百萬煎餅和香腸也無法與這種經歷相媲美。
無論媽媽們多麼小氣，母親節仍不失為普天同慶的日子。盡情享受這一天，讓天下媽媽飽嘗煎餅、華夫餅、雞蛋卷、硬麵包圈或其它五花八門你家寶貝為你烹飪叫你上癮的食品。對於我們每一位來說，你把嘰嘰歪歪的淘氣包撫養成咋咋呼呼的英俊少年，與此同時自己卻變成了跛腳瘸腿滿臉皺紋的老太婆；你是子女的帶路人及守護神，在此謹表謝意。或許有些孩童至今尚不懂得知恩報德，為之深感痛心與遺憾。
母親節快樂！
